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THE MUFFS INCANTANO LA SKALETTA

I hardly believed it possible to see the Muffs a few feet from me.

All this is made Thursday September 30, 2010 at Skaletta of La Spezia , durante la terza tappa del loro tour italiano.

Vedere Kim Shattuck a un passo di distanza fa un certo effetto; se poi ha tra le mani una chitarra e, insieme a Ronnie Barnett e Roy McDonald , ripropone gran parte dei brani che avresti voluto sentire, la situazione è perfetta.

Ad aprire il concerto ci pensano i New Heart da Como , in cui suona il Messicano , chitarrista dei Leeches ; fanno in tutto sette pezzi, che mescolano sonorità punk rock anni '90 a ritmiche e strutture quasi hard rock. Non so se azzeccata come spiegazione. In un pezzo, con le dovute distanze, mi ricordano i Social Distortion White Light of .

A good test, I think.

take the stage shortly after the three Americans Kim Shattuck wearing one of her doll dresses, knee socks, dancing feet. Ronnie and Roy as usual sober, jeans, shirt, shirt.

Party and the lineup does not seem true, I'm seeing and hearing them live, from the front row in front of the singer.

The trio is charged and the place seems ideal break; people, but not too much, it's all compressed in front of the stage, with the three Americans to even half a meter away. The choice of songs

fishing very the first two discs, through Happy Birthday To Me and Really Really Happy : a set of about fifty minutes, plus the beauty of 5-6 bis.

The songs that I remember: From Your Girl, Outer Space, Oh Nina, Lucky Guy, I'm A Dick , Do not Pick On Me , A Little Luxury , Big Mouth, End It All , Ethyl My Love, I Need You , Another Day, Tomorrow Sad, That Awful Man , Agony , Will not Come Out To Play , I Need A Face , Saying Goodbye , plus a handful of new songs.

Little pause between tracks and the other, the public is continually involved: winks and smiles Kim Shattuck, Ronnie moves constantly leaning on the front row, Roy sounds extremely fireworks. The three live

not missed a shot, they are much more raw than the album, but the sound is constantly full. The power trio is devastating without sacrificing melody that sets it apart. The thing that immediately jumps to the ear is that the change in the live drummer and gave up cleaning and precision of the studio versions, to play dirtier but earning potential. Beats like a madman and becomes solid rhythmic base, giving the live set a footprint much more personal.

The ladder slips away quickly and the beauty is that the group is its sun, it seems that I can communicate a lot with people who have faced and what is tangible.

ends the concert, the audience seemed satisfied and the three Americans as well.

I wait for you to resume a few minutes after the show and then I take this opportunity to share with them a couple of jokes, they tell me to have fun, he appreciated the concert and people's place and liked them very much. Then I told him that for years had been waiting to see them live and ask him to come back soon in Italy with the new disc.

shoot a few pictures with them and then leave them to other fans.

addition to confirmation of being in love with Kim Shattuck , I was struck by the human side of these three, how to have stopped to take a few minutes to each person, after the concert, they took photos and talked with many people a bit 'with everyone. And frankly, I would not have taken for granted.

Omitting of course the artistic side and live performances, impeccable.

Surely one of the best concerts of the last three years and people really fantastic.

thank Franz and Diego for making this show possible and Federica hosted for me as usual.

Hopefully we can repeat this next year. With a new album.

I leave you with a video from the concert:

and a gem "stolen" during this tour:

some pictures of the concert can be found here or here.


Pictures Federica Pantani